Daily GK Updates & Daily News in India with free current affairs. You will get free Current affairs on Daily Basis and GK questions which will help you in Banking and SSC Exams. Daily News in India. Check this Current affair page on daily basis for the improvement of General awareness section. Free GK Quiz on Daily Basis.

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 3 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 3 JUNE 2015
Shared By: WWW.DailyGk.IN

INTERNATIONAL
1. MAURITIUS DESIGNATED FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT:
i. Mauritius designated ameenah Gurib- Fakim as its first woman president.
ii. Ameenah is an internationally –renowned scientist and biologist.
iii. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim succeeded Kailash Purryag.

2.   INDIA-SWEDEN SIGNED 6 AGREEMENTS:
i.   India and Sweden singed 6 agreements during visit of Pranab Mukherjee to Sweden.
ii.  Pranab Mukherjee is the first ever Indian head of state to visit Sweden.

3.  KOLKATA DHAKA AGARTALA BUS SERVICE BEGAN:
i.  Trail run of Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala bus service began.
ii.  With this launch, the time taken to reach Agartala from Kolkata will be reduced to 17 hours

NATIONAL NEWS
4.  PAWAN MUNJAL BECOMES CMD OF HERO MOTOCORP LTD:
i.  Pawan Munjal is appointed as the CMD of Hero MotoCorp ltd.
ii.  Pawan Munjal succeeded his father Brijmohan Lal Munjal.
iii.  Hero MotoCorp Ltd is world’s largest manufacturer of two wheelers in India
CMD- Chairman and Managing Director.

5.  2 NATIONAL IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS:
Post- Director
Place
Replace
I. P Kunhikrishnan
SDSC (Satish Dhawan Space Centre)
MYS Prasad
II.  K Sivan
VSSC (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre)
M Chandradathan

BANKING NEWS
6.  MEENA HEMCHANDRA APPOINTED AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR O RBI:
i.  Meena Hemchandra is appointed as the Executive Director of RBI.
ii.  Meena Hemchandra succeeded Chandan Sinha.

7.  RBI CUTS REPO RATE BY 25 BPS:
i.   RBI cuts Repo Rate by 25 basic points in monetary policy review.
ii.  Repo rate is decreased from 7.5% to 7.25% while CRR is kept unchanged at 4%.

iii. Repo Rate is the rate of interest charged by RBI from other commercial banks on the loans provided to commercial bank in the event of any shortfall of funds.
Share:

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 2 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 2 JUNE 2015
Shared By: WWW.DailyGk.IN 
1. WORLD’S FIRST FACIAL RECOGNITION ATM MACHINE:
i. China has unveiled World’s First facial recognition ATM Machine.
ii. ATM Machine is created by Isinghua University and Hanzhou based technology company Tzekwan.
2.   JYOTI PRASAD TAKHOWA SWORN IN AS GOVERNOR OF AUNCHAL PRADESH:
i.    Jyoti Prasad Rajkumar sworn in as the new Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
ii.  The oath of the office was administered by the Chief Justice of guwahati, Jusitice K sreedhar Rao.
iii.  Rajkhowa is a retired IAS officer from 1968 batch.

3.  WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY: 31ST MAY 2015:
i.  World No Tobacco Day was observed on 31st May 2015 around the globe.
ii.  WHO launched Campaign against illicit trade of tobacco products on World No Tobacco Day 2015.
WHO – World Health Organisation

4.  BCCI MAKES CRICKET ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
i.  Board of Cricket in India has decided to make  a cricket advisory committee for the upliftment of Indian Cricket.
ii.  BCCI has included 3 former players to the committee:
a.  Tendulkar
b. Sourav Ganguly

c. VVS Laxman
Share:

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 31 MAY, 1 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 31 May- 1 June 2015
Shared By: WWW.DailyGk.IN

1. NEW BANK NOTE PAPER LINE UNIT INAUGURATED:
i. Finance Minister has inaugurated New Bank note paper line unit in Hoshangabad, MP
ii. With opening of this, India will become self reliant in producing Bank note paper for big denominations
iii. The project worth a total of 495 crore rupees
iv. Finance Minister of India – Arun Jaitley

2.   S VEENA JAIN APPOINTED AS DG OF DD NEWS:
i.    Veena Jain is appointed as the Director General of Doordarshan News.
ii.  Veena Jain succeeded akshay Rout, a senior IIS officer
iii.  Currently Veena Jain is posted as Additional Director General in the News Services Division of All India Radio (AIR)
IIS – Indian Information Service

3. ANAND KUMAR HONOURED IN CANADA:
i. Anand Kumar , founder of Super 30, honoured in Canada
ii.  Super 30 founder and Mathematician Anand Kumar is honoured by legislature of British Columbia in Canada at Toronto University
iii.  Super 30 established in 2002 by Anand Kumar in Patna, Bihar provides free residential mentoring to 30 selected students from under privileged families to appear in the entrance exam of IIT-JEE

4.  SBI LAUNCHED ONLINE CUSTOMER ACQUISITION SOLUTION:
i.   SBI has launched online customer acquisition solution (OCAS)
ii.  It is an online platform to apply for Home Loans, car loans, Education Loans and personal loans
iii.  Application was launched by SBI chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya.

5.  SEPP BLATTER RE-ELECTED AS FIFA PRESIDENT:
i.  Joseph Sepp Blatter is re-elected as FIFA president for the fifth term
ii.  Sepp Blatter secured 133 votes out of 206 valid votes
Note: There are total 209 members in FIFA

6.  UNITED NATIONS PEACE KEEPERS DAY OBSERVED ACROSS THE GLOBE:
i.  International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers was observed across the globe on 29th May, 2015.
ii. International Day of United Nations peacekeepers was observed with the theme ‘ together for peace’

iii 29th May is recognized and celebrated as International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers since the year 2003.
Share:

Saturday, May 30, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 30 MAY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 30 MAY 2015
Shared By: WWW.DailyGk.IN

1.      VA PRASANATH BECOMES CFO OF INDIAN BANK:
i. VA Prasanath is appointed as the CFO of Indian Bank.
ii. Prasanath succeeded K Srinivasa Raghavan to be Chief Financial Officer.
iii. Prior to this VA Prasanath was serving as the General Manager of Indian Bank.

2.   S CHRISTOPHER BECOMES DG OF DRDO:
i.    S Christopher is appointed as  Director General of DRDO.
ii.  Eminent Scientist Dr. S Christopher is appointed by Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for tenure of 2 years.
iii.  Prior to this appointment, DRDO was under the additional charge of Defense Secretary.
DRDO- Defense Research and Development Organization.

3. GURNIMRAT NIMMY SIDHU NAMED FOR OXFORD UNIVERSITY AWARD:
i. Indian origin teacher Gurnimrat Nimmy Sidhu is named for Oxford University Award.
ii.  She is among 12 teachers to win the University of Oxford Inspirational Teacher Award.

4.  SEVILLA FC WON EUROPA LEAQUE TITLE:
i.   Sevilla Football club won Europa Leaque title.
ii. Sevilla football club defeated Dnipro Dnipro Tetronk football club in the final clash.

iii. This is 2nd consecutive Europa Cup for Sevilla Football club.
Share:

Friday, May 29, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 29 MAY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 29 May 2015
Shared By: WWW.DailyGk.IN

1. RBI NOTIFIED FIIs:
i. RBI notified FIIs to invest up to 49% in Gammon Infrastructure projects limited.
ii. Investment can be made under Portfolio Investment Scheme (PIS).
iii. This change is notified under FEMA Act, 1999.
FII – Foreign Institutional Investors
RBI – Reserve Bank of India

2.   TRIPURA WITHDRAWS AFSPA:
i.    Tripura withdraw AFSPA from State.
ii.   Decision was taken by the State Government.
iii.   The act was enforced by the Union Government on 16 February 1997 in 40 police station areas.
AFSPA –  Armed Forces Special Powers Act.

3. NATO LAUNCHED ARCTIC CHALLENGE EXERCISE:
i. NATO launched Arctic Challenge Exercise in the north of Norway, Sweden and Finland.
ii.  Exercise involves 115 fighter planes and 3600 troops from 9 countries.
iii.  This the 2nd Exercise prior to this 1st exercise held in 2013.
NATO Members:
a. U.S
b. Britain
c. Germany
d. France

e. Netherlands
Share:

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 28 MAY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 28 May 2015
Shared By: WWW.DailyGk.IN

1.  HIMACHAL PRADESH SET UP SATELLITE TRACKING SYSTEM:
i.  Himachal Pradesh set up satellite tracking system to check forest fire
ii. System is launched with an aim to preserve the precious forest fire incidents during summer season
iii. In case of any fire incident, the forest officials will immediately receive an SMS on their mobile

2.   PM LAUNCHED DOORDARSHAN’S FARMER-CENTRRIC KISAN TV CHANNEL:
i.    Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Doordarshan’s Farmer-centric Kisan TV Channel.
ii.  Doordarshan’s farmer-centric Kisan TV Channel ‘DD Kisan’ is launched from Vigyan Bhavan , New Delhi.

3. WORLD’S 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMENS 2015 LIST:
i. Forbes has released the world’s 100 most powerful women 2015 list.
ii.  German Chancellor Angela Merker fetched the first spot followed by Hillary Clinton.

4.  48 TIGERS IN CHANDRAPUR FOREST :

i.   According to WCT survey, 48 tigers are present in non protected Chandrapur forest areas of Maharashtra.

ii.  No. of Big Cats in the district stands at 120, including 60 in core area and 12 in buffer area of TATR.

iii.  Study was carried out by Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM).

WCT – Wildlife Conservation Trust

TATR- Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve

 

Share:

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 27 MAY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 27 MAY 2015
Shared By: WWW.DailyGk.IN

1.   SNAPDEAL ACQUIRED MART MOBI:
i.  Snapdeal has acquired Hyderabad based startup Mart Mobi.
ii. E-Commerce Snapdeal will strengthen its mobility platform for merchant partners
iii.  Prior to this Snapdeal acquired Freecharge

2.   CEAT INTERNATIONAL CRICKETER OF THE YEAR – KUMAR SANGAKARA
i.    Kumar Sangakara is named as CEAT International Cricketer of the year 2015
ii.  Kumar Sangakara is a former Sri Lankan Cricketer
iii.  Ajinkya Rahane was named as Indian CEAT Cricketer of the year.

3. MIZORAM GETS NEW GOVERNOR:
i. Nirbhaya Sharma sworn in as New Governor of Mizoram.
ii.  Nirbhaya Sharma replaced West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi.

iii.  Guwahati High Court Judge Justice T Vaiphei administered the oath to new Governor.
Share:

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 25,26 MAY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 25, 26 May 2015
Shared By: WWW.DailyGk.IN

1.   ICICI BANK LAUNCHES VOICE RECOGNITION SERVICE:
i.  Private Bank ICICI has launched Voice recognition service for biometric authentication.
ii.  The service will allow customers to execute banking transactions through banks call centre in a quick , secure and convenient manner.
iii. ICICI bank is India’s largest private sector bank with its headquarter in Mumbai.
iv.  Chanda Kochar is the CEO of ICICI Bank

2.   MANOJ MISHRA BECOMES CMD OF NATIONAL FERTILIZERS LIMITED:
i.    Manoj Mishra is appointed as New Chairman and Managing Director of National Fertilizers Limited.
ii.  Manoj Mishra, a Cost Accountant is currently serving as the Director (finance) at State Trading Corporation (STC).
iii.  National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) has 5 gas based plants:
a.       Nangal and Bathinda in Punjab
b.      Panipat in Haryana
c.       Two plants in Vijaipur , District –Guna ,Madhya Pradesh

3. JOHN FORBES NASH JR. DIED:
i. Nobel awardee Mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. died.
ii.  Oscar winning Movie, A Beautiful Mind was inspired by his life.

4. MUMBAI INDIANS WON IPL 2015 TITLE:
i. Mumbai Indians have won IPL 2015 title by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final held at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
ii.   Mumbai Indians won their 2nd IPL title by grabbing 8th edition of Indian Premier League
a. Man of the match in the Final – Rohit Sharma
b. Player of the tournament – Andre Russell
c. Orange cap holder – David Warner
d. Purple cap holder – Dwanye Bravo
e. Emerging Player – Shrayas Iyer

5. DOHA INTERNATIONAL BOXING TOURNAMENT 2015:
      i.  Indian Boxers have won 4 Gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals at Doha International Boxing Tournament.
PLAYER
CATEGORY
MEDAL
DEFEATED
Devendra Singh
49 kg
Gold
Aldren Moreno (Philippines)
Shiva Thapa
56 kg
Gold
HYM Abdellal (Egypt)
Manish Kaushik
60 kg
Gold
Rabi Hamza (Morocco)
Manoj Kumar
64 kg
Gold
Magliquian Nicole (Philippines)
Gaurav Bidhuri
52 kg
Silver

Mandeep Jangra
69 kg
Bronze

Vikas Krishan
75 kg
Bronze



Share: